Re: [oS-EN] Zero bytes /etc/hosts

On 2026-08-02 02:58, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the Message;
>
>    Subject    : Re: [oS-EN] Zero bytes /etc/hosts
>    Message-ID : <[email protected]>
>    Date & Time: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 14:04:26 +0200
>
> [CER] =3D=3D "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> has written:
>
> CER>  On 2026-08-01 13:44, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
> CER>  > Hello,
>
>
> CER>  What could have zeroed /etc/hosts? Dated this morning boot time.
>  =20
> MN> > I think the system's self-protection mechanism kicked in because t=
he
> MN> > file system became read-only.
>
> CER>  huh? No. I wrote an skeleton hosts file, from .rpmorig
>
> CER>  If "/" were read only, I would have seen many errors in the
> CER>  warning log. There was nothing of the sort.
>
> If there's a log file like that, I'd really like to see it.

/var/log/warning



>
> If you had used the rescue DVD, you would have been able to find out
> exactly what happened.

I have a fairly good suspicion of what has happened, and it is my own=20
script /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/90mine I mentioned in my other=20
post. ;-)


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Cheers / Saludos,
               =20
		Carlos E. R.

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